Fear of relapse important in schizophrenia
It seems to be common wisdom that those who are worried about developing schizophrenia or fear a relapse are worrying themselves over nothing. Well, there are some studies that contradict this common wisdom, at least when it comes to relapse, showing that fear of relapse is an important sign in schizophrenia:
http://psychsource.bps.org.uk/details/j ... hizop.html
The scale can be found here:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1 ... 3.app1/pdf
Also mentioned in this article how fear of a relapse is an important sign:
http://apt.rcpsych.org/content/6/2/93.full.pdf
So the common wisdom isn't really all that wise and could lead to mental health professionals dismissing what are really early signs of a relapse, leading to disaster.
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"You have a responsibility to consider all sides of a problem and a responsibility to make a judgment and a responsibility to care for all involved." --Ian Danskin
Box 3 of this article mentions "Feeling afraid of going crazy" as an early indicator of psychotic relapse:
http://apt.rcpsych.org/content/6/2/93.full.pdf
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"You have a responsibility to consider all sides of a problem and a responsibility to make a judgment and a responsibility to care for all involved." --Ian Danskin
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